Base Salary
$125k - $175k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and operate secure, scalable AI platforms and proxy systems used throughout SpaceX
- Own platform development across design, testing, deployment, and continuous improvement
- Create shared prompts, skills, documentation, and infrastructure that drive adoption among engineers
- Identify high-value opportunities and deliver solutions for tested software, deployed applications, and trained models on managed compute
- Collaborate with stakeholders to connect AI capabilities to real tools and workflows
- Onboard models, expand compute resources, and optimize proxy efficiency for logging, control, and security
- Develop AI-powered code review and pull-request automation tools to mitigate business risk
- Convert engineering expertise into reliable automation and data systems at scale
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, or another engineering discipline, or two or more years of professional experience building production software in lieu of a degree
- Experience developing production software systems in platform, backend, or full-stack environments
- Preferred experience with internal developer platforms, AI gateways, or secure proxy systems in production
- Preferred hands-on experience with Docker containers, security-focused architecture, and integrations across cloud compute and frontier model providers
- Preferred familiarity with MLOps, model onboarding, compute orchestration, and infrastructure for large-scale AI usage
- Preferred proficiency in Python and experience with additional languages such as Go, Java, or TypeScript
- Preferred knowledge of Kubernetes, container orchestration, observability, and infrastructure-as-code tools
- Preferred understanding of AI risk mitigation, code generation, and developer productivity tools
- Applicants must meet applicable ITAR eligibility or authorization requirements
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage
- 401(k) retirement plan
- Short- and long-term disability insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid parental leave
- Employee stock purchase plan and potential long-term incentives or discretionary bonuses
- Three weeks of paid vacation and 10 or more paid holidays per year
- Paid sick leave pursuant to company policy
- Various discounts and perks
- ITAR eligibility is required
Tech Stack
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About SpaceX
SpaceX designs, manufactures and launches the world’s most advanced rockets and spacecraft. The company was founded in 2002 by Elon Musk to revolutionize space transportation, with the ultimate goal of making life multiplanetary. SpaceX has gained worldwide attention for a series of historic milestones. It is the only private company ever to return a spacecraft from low-Earth orbit, which it first accomplished in December 2010. The company made history again in May 2012 when its Dragon spacecraft attached to the International Space Station, exchanged cargo payloads, and returned safely to Earth — a technically challenging feat previously accomplished only by governments. Since then Dragon has delivered cargo to and from the space station multiple times, providing regular cargo resupply missions for NASA. For more information, visit www.spacex.com.